Title: Import Data
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Import Data

 *  Resolved [on29](https://wordpress.org/support/users/on29/)
 * (@on29)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-data-16/)
 * Is there a facility to import a timeline (held as a CSV file) into Timeline Express?
   
   Thanks!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/timeline-express/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/timeline-express/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-data-16/#post-7203781)
 * Hi On29,
 * You can import/export your announcements using the built in WordPress tools.
 * Go into Tools > Export/Import.
 * Take a look at the following article for help:
    [http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-exportimport-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-exportimport-custom-post-types-in-wordpress/)
 * Thanks,
    Evan
 *  Thread Starter [on29](https://wordpress.org/support/users/on29/)
 * (@on29)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-data-16/#post-7203786)
 * Hi Evan,
 * I just have a CSV file with EventDate and Event headings, I was hoping to import
   that – it’s just a CSV.
 * Any thoughts on that?
 * Thanks
 * Jon
 *  Plugin Author [Evan Herman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eherman24/)
 * (@eherman24)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-data-16/#post-7203787)
 * There is no way to import a CSV without first exporting it via the built in WordPress
   export tool. You can write a custom importer to import the data yourself, but
   the plugin was built to use the built in imported that comes with WordPress.
 * My recommendation would be to export a sample file, and follow that layout as
   a template in your existing CSV – and then import it that way.
 * Evan
 *  Thread Starter [on29](https://wordpress.org/support/users/on29/)
 * (@on29)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-data-16/#post-7203795)
 * Thanks, I thought I might have to do it that way 🙂

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